OTRC: 'Dark Knight Rises' trailer released - watch the video

The first trailer for "The Dark Knight Rises," the third installment in Christopher Nolan's critically and commercially successful reboot of the Batman franchise, hit the web on Monday.

The teaser trailer, which can be seen below, shows clips from the past two Batman films, a flash of the new villain Bane (Tom Hardy), and Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) speaking to the hospitalized Police Commissioner Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman). The trailer premiered before "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II," the final installment of the successful franchise.